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I've been using E17 since 2007. It has been rewritten at least once since then, but it's been quite stable for all those years - more than LXDE or KDE4 I would say. The main peeve I used to have with it was - in case of power outage, the config folder used to get pretty broken, so I kept a backup of "the configuration" just in case...

While i'll agree that the default theme and icons scratches my retina the UI/UX is far more logical than other DEs. The theme and icons can be fixed.

On the configuration settings there are a few things that can be made better IMO ie. better grouping more thoughtful placement of the buttons and selections and maybe make the windows that pop up modal.

I also thing it needs more native apps ie NetworkManager, a proper desktop music player (xmms2 based maybe??), a desktop manager (is elsa alive???) , a text editor etc. There have been project but don't think any is still alive.

I also thing it needs more native apps ie NetworkManager, a proper desktop music player (xmms2 based maybe??), a desktop manager (is elsa alive???) , a text editor etc. There have been project but don't think any is still alive.

there is a connman module, iirc

desktop music player : 'enjoy', but we can do better, i think. 'Enjoy' has several bugs.

'elsa' has been renamed as 'entrance' (like the old session manager) and it is still alive

text editor : there is one which is currently underdevelopment, but we are lacking manpower. The dev is also a core dev, so he has not a lot of time.